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Vast Deserts Fuel China's Renewable Energy Boom
5 Nov
Summary
- China invests heavily in renewable energy bases in desert areas.
- Utilizing 1% of desertified land could exceed total installed power capacity.
- Renewable energy projects aid desertification control and economic growth.
China is aggressively developing large-scale renewable energy bases within its desert, gobi, and wasteland regions. CHN Energy spearheads this drive, constructing wind and solar power facilities in resource-rich northwestern provinces. These efforts align with China's national strategy to harness vast tracts of desertified land, estimated at 2.61 million square kilometers.
Utilizing even a small fraction of this desertified land for new energy could dramatically increase the nation's installed power capacity. A key example is CHN Energy's Tengger Desert base in Ningxia, a flagship project with a planned capacity of 17.64 million kilowatts. This initiative supports China's goal of clean power transmission and promotes a sustainable "PV-plus-ecology" model.
Technological innovation is vital for overcoming geographical challenges. Projects in Ningxia, built over coal-mining subsidence areas, employ intelligent monitoring and early-warning systems to manage geological instability. Advanced smart control systems, drone inspections, and autonomous cleaning robots are setting new benchmarks for the operation of mega renewable energy bases nationwide.
